Microsoft is working on an application that will let system administrators …

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If there's one thing that Microsoft's Virtual Server lacks, it's a central management tool. Luckily, the company realized that, and it has been working on a Microsoft Virtual Server management product code-named Carmine.

While not as sophisticated as VMWare's VirtualCenter, Carmine will allow administrators to add, move, delete, drag and drop, patch, and simply manage clusters of Microsoft Virtual Servers. One source told CRN, "If you were patching the host operating system, you can virtually move all the machines to a different server, patch the host and then bring the machines back." Administration for Carmine will be provided through the command-line tool known as Monad, which is currently in beta.

For all you system administrators out there, do you think that a centralized Microsoft Virtual Server management tool will help the company catch up to VMWare's virtualization technology? Have you used VirtualCenter, and if so, were you happy with it?